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Open-File Report 2012-1269

Implications of NGA for NEHRP Site Coefficients

By Roger D. Borcherdt

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1269/


Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4075

An Updated Numerical Simulation of the Ground-Water Flow System for the Castle Lake Debris Dam, Mount St. Helens, Washington, and Implications for Dam Stability Against Heave

By Evelyn A. Roeloffs

http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1994/4075/

Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5262

Assessing Potential Effects of Changes in Water Use With a Numerical Groundwater-Flow Model of Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California

By Richard M. Yager, Douglas K. Maurer, and C.J. Mayers

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5262/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5259

Multilevel Groundwater Monitoring of Hydraulic Head and Temperature in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2009–10

By Brian V. Twining and Jason C. Fisher

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5259/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5245

Evaluation of Streambed Scour at Bridges over Tidal Waterways in Alaska

By Jeffrey S. Conaway and Paul V. Schauer

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5245/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5237

Numerical Model Simulations of Nitrate Concentrations in Groundwater Using Various Nitrogen Input Scenarios, Mid-Snake Region, South-Central Idaho

By Kenneth D. Skinner and Michael G. Rupert

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5237/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5236

Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Movement and Managed Aquifer Recharge from Sand Hollow Reservoir, Hurricane Bench area, Washington County, Utah

By Thomas M. Marston and Victor M. Heilweil

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5236/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5225

Century-Scale Perspective on Water Quality in Selected River Basins of the Conterminous United States

By Edward G. Stets, Valerie J. Kelly, Whitney P. Broussard, III, Thor E. Smith, and Charles G. Crawford

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5225/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5223

Sources and Sinks of Filtered Total Mercury and Concentrations of Total Mercury of Solids and of Filtered Methylmercury, Sinclair Inlet, Kitsap County, Washington, 2007–10

By Anthony J. Paulson, Richard S. Dinicola, Marlene A. Noble, Richard J. Wagner, Raegan L. Huffman, Patrick W. Moran, and John F. DeWild

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5223/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5207

County-Level Estimates of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Commercial Fertilizer for the Conterminous United States, 1987–2006

By Jo Ann M. Gronberg and Norman E. Spahr

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5207/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5139

Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Blank Data and Application of Study Reporting Levels to Groundwater Data Collected for the California GAMA Priority Basin Project, May 2004 through September 2010

By Miranda S. Fram, Lisa D. Olsen, and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5139/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5095

Vegetation, Substrate, and Eolian Sediment Transport at Teesto Wash, Navajo Nation, 2009–2012

By Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, and Lee Amoroso

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5095/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5118

Low-Flow Characteristics of Streams Under Natural and Diversion Conditions, Waipiʻo Valley, Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi

By Richard A. Fontaine

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5118/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-G

Porphyry Copper Assessment of the Mesozoic of East Asia—China, Vietnam, North Korea, Mongolia, and Russia

By Steve Ludington, Mark J. Mihalasky, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr., Thomas P. Frost, Kathleen D. Gans, Thomas D. Light, Robert J. Miller, and Dmitriy Alexeiev; based on contributions of Yan Guangsheng, Lian Changyun, Mao Jingwen, Li Jinyi, Xiao Keyan, Qiu Ruizhao, Shao Jianbao, Zhai Gangyi, Du Yuliang, Arthur A. Bookstrom, and Andre Panteleyev

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/g/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-F

Porphyry Copper Assessment of the Tibetan Plateau, China

By Steve Ludington, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr., John C. Mars, and Robert J. Miller, based on contributions of Yan Guangsheng, Peng Qiuming, Lian Changyun, Mao Jingwen, Li Jinyi, Xiao Keyan, Qiu Ruizhao, Shao Jianbao, Shai Gangyi, and Du Yuliang, and Dennis Cox

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/f/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-E, v. 1.1

Sandstone Copper Assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, Central Kazakhstan

By Stephen E. Box, Boris Syusyura, Timothy S. Hayes, Cliff D. Taylor, Michael L. Zientek, Murray W. Hitzman, Reimar Seltmann, Vladimir Chechetkin, Alla Dolgopolova, Pamela M. Cossette, and John C. Wallis

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/e/


Scientific Investigations Map 3234

Maps of Estimated Nitrate and Arsenic Concentrations for Basin-Fill Aquifers of the Southwestern United States

By Kimberly R. Beisner, David W. Anning, Angela P. Paul, Tim S. McKinney, Jena M. Huntington, Laura M. Bexfield, and Susan A. Thiros

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3234/


Scientific Investigations Map 3227

Geologic Map of the Tuba City 30’ x 60’ Quadrangle, Coconino County, Northern Arizona

By George H. Billingsley, Philip W. Stoffer, and Susan S. Priest

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3227/


Scientific Investigations Map 3223

Under Trees and Water at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

By Joel E. Robinson, Charles R. Bacon, and Chris Wayne

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3223/


Professional Paper 1794

Status and Trends of Land Change in the United States—1973 to 2000

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1794/

This set of publications consists of the following Chapters:


Open-File Report 95-642

History and Hazards of Mount Rainier, Washington

By Thomas W. Sisson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/0642/


Fact Sheet 2012-3144

Measuring and Forecasting the Response of AlaskaÕs Terrestrial Ecosystem to a Warming Climate

By John Pearce, Tony DeGange, Paul Flint, Tom Fondell, David Gustine, Leslie Holland-Bartels, Andrew Hope, Jerry Hupp, Josh Koch, Joel Schmutz, Sandra Talbot, David Ward, and Mary Whalen

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3144/


Fact Sheet 2012-3132

Understanding Pesticides in California’s Delta

By Kathryn M. Kuivila and James L. Orlando

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3132/


Fact Sheet 2012-3131

Polar Bear and Walrus Response to the Rapid Decline in Arctic Sea Ice

By K. Oakley, M. Whalen, D. Douglas, M. Udevitz, T. Atwood, and C. Jay

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3131/


Fact Sheet 2012-3120

Remaining Recoverable Petroleum in Giant Oil Fields of the Los Angeles Basin, Southern California

By Donald L. Gautier, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Troy A. Cook, Ronald R. Charpentier, and Timothy R. Klett

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3120/


Fact Sheet 2012-3092

The State of Amphibians in the United States

By E. Muths, M.J. Adams, E.H.C. Grant, D. Miller, P.S. Corn and L.C. Ball

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3092/


Data Series 729

Fatality Estimator User’s Guide

By Manuela Huso, Nicholas Som and Lew Ladd

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/729/


Data Series 725

Micrometeorological, Evapotranspiration, and Soil-Moisture Data at the Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada, 2006–2011

By Jonathan M. Arthur, Michael J. Johnson, C. Justin Mayers, and Brian J. Andraski

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/725/


Data Series 710

Recently Active Traces of the Berryessa Fault, California: A Digital Database

By James J. Lienkaemper

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/710/


Data Series 709–E

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Aynak Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/e/


Data Series 709709–F

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Badakhshan Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/f/


Data Series 709–G

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Zarkashan Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis and Laura E. Cagney

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/g/


Data Series 709–H

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Kundalyan Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/h/


Data Series 709–I

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Dusar-Shaida Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/i/


Data Series 709709–J

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Tourmaline Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/j/


Data Series 709–K

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Kharnak-Kanjar Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/k/


Techniques and Methods 4-F4

Advanced Methods for Modeling Water-Levels and Estimating Drawdowns with SeriesSEE, an Excel Add-In

By Keith Halford, C. Amanda Garcia, Joe Fenelon, and Benjamin Mirus

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm4-F4/

Open-File Report 2012-1270

Fish Population and Habitat Analysis in Buck Creek, Washington, Prior to Recolonization by Anadromous Salmonids after the Removal of Condit Dam

By M. Brady Allen, Jeanette Burkhardt, Carrie Munz, and Patrick J. Connolly

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1270/


Open-File Report 2012-1267

A Standard Operating Procedure for the Surgical Implantation of Transmitters in Juvenile Salmonids

By T.L. Liedtke, J.W. Beeman, and L.P. Gee

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1267/


Open-File Report 2012-1261

Should Ground-Motion Records be Rotated to Fault-Normal/Parallel or Maximum Direction for Response History Analysis of Buildings?

By Juan C. Reyes and Erol Kalkan

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1261/


Open-File Report 2012-1259

Mars Global Digital Dune Database: MC–30

By R.K. Hayward, L.K. Fenton, T.N. Titus, A. Colaprete, and P.R. Christensen

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1259/


Open-File Report 2012-1252

Future Scenarios of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the United States—The Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregion

By Tamara S. Wilson, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Glenn Griffith, William Acevedo, Stacie Bennett, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan Reker, Christy Ryan, Kristi L. Sayler, Rachel Sleeter, and Christopher E. Soulard

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1252/


Open-File Report 2012-1251

Updates to Watershed Modeling in the Potholes Reservoir Basin, Washington—A Supplement to Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5081

By Mark Mastin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1251/


Open-File Report 2012-1250

Passage Probabilities of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Through the Powerhouse and Regulating Outlet at Cougar Dam, Oregon, 2011

By John W. Beeman, Amy C. Hansen, Scott D. Evans, Philip V. Haner, Hal C. Hansel, and Collin D. Smith

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1250/


Open-File Report 2012-1245

Linking Physical Monitoring to Coho and Chinook Salmon Populations in the Redwood Creek Watershed, California—Summary of May 3–4, 2012 Workshop

By Mary Ann Madej, Alicia Torregrosa, and Andrea Woodward

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1245/


Open-File Report 2012-1242

Geomorphic Analysis of the River Response to Sedimentation Downstream of Mount Rainier, Washington

By Jonathan A. Czuba, Christopher S. Magirl, Christiana R. Czuba, Christopher A. Curran, Kenneth H. Johnson, Theresa D. Olsen, Halley K. Kimball, and Casey C. Gish

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1242/


Open-File Report 2012-1241

Advanced Earthquake Monitoring System for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Buildings—Instrumentation

By Erol Kalkan, Krishna Banga, Hasan S. Ulusoy, Jon Peter B. Fletcher, William S. Leith, Shahneam Reza, and Timothy Cheng

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1241/


Open-File Report 2012-1240

and Hydrologic Study of Peak-Flow Management of the Cedar River, Washington

By Christopher S. Magirl, Andrew S. Gendaszek, Christiana R. Czuba, Christopher P. Konrad, and Mathieu D. Marineau

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1240/


Open-File Report 2012-1237

Establishment of Sentinel Sampling Sites to Monitor Changes in Water and Sediment Quality and Biota Related to Visitor Use at Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah, 2004–2006

By Robert J. Hart, Howard E. Taylor, and G.M. Anderson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1237/


Open-File Report 2012-1232

Early Tertiary Exhumation of the Flank of a Forearc Basin, Southwest Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

By Heather A. Bleick, Alison B. Till, Dwight C. Bradley, Paul O’Sullivan, Joe L. Wooden, Dan B. Bradley, Theresa A. Taylor, Sam B. Friedman, and Chad P. Hults

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1232/


Open-File Report 2012-1229

Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Tsunami Runup and Inundation Data for Sites Around the Island of Hawai‘i

By Frank A. Trusdell, Amy Chadderton, Graham Hinchliffe, Andrew Hara, Brent Patenge, and Tom Weber

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1229/


Open-File Report 2012-1228

Digital Geologic Map of the Redding 1° x 2° Quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California

By Luis A. Fraticelli, John P. Albers, William P. Irwin, Milton C. Blake, Jr., and Carl M. Wentworth

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1228/


Open-File Report 2012-1226

Method for Generating Random Stress Distributions on an Earthquake Fault

By Michael Barall and Ruth A. Harris

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1226/


Open-File Report 2012-1175

Southwest Washington Littoral Drift Restoration: Beach and Nearshore Morphological Monitoring

By Andrew W. Stevens, Guy Gelfenbaum, Peter Ruggiero, and George M. Kaminsky

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1175/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5230

Completion Summary for Borehole USGS 136 near the Advanced Test Reactor Complex, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho

By Brian V. Twining, Roy C. Bartholomay, and Mary K.V. Hodges

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5230/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5231

Simulating Potential Structural and Operational ?Changes for Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River, Oregon, for Downstream Temperature Management

By Norman L. Buccola, Stewart A. Rounds, Annett B. Sullivan, and John C. Risley

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5231/


Data Series 730

Catalog of Earthquake Hypocenters at Alaskan Volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2011

By James P. Dixon, U.S. Geological Survey, Scott D. Stihler, University of Alaska Fairbanks, John A. Power, U.S. Geological Survey, and Cheryl K. Searcy, U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/730/


Scientific Investigations Map 3222

Earthquakes and Faults in Southern California (1970—2010)

By Benjamin M. Sleeter, James P. Calzia, and Stephen R. Walter

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3222/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5055

Development of Invertebrate Community Indexes of Stream Quality for the Islands of Maui and Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

By Reuben H. Wolff

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5055/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-H

Economic Filters for Evaluating Porphyry Copper Deposit Resource Assessments Using Grade-Tonnage Deposit Models, with Examples from the U.S. Geological Survey Global Mineral Resource Assessment

By Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr., and W. David Menzie

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/h/


Professional Paper 1795-A

History of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Along the Eastern Aleutian-Alaska Megathrust, with Implications for Tsunami Hazards in the California Continental Borderland

By Holly F. Ryan, Roland von Huene, Ray E. Wells, David W. Scholl, Stephen Kirby, and Amy E. Draut

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1795/a/


Open-File Report 2012-1192

Mapping Plant Species Ranges in the Hawaiian Islands—Developing a Methodology and Associated GIS Layers

By Jonathan P. Price, James D. Jacobi, Samuel M. Gon, III, Dwight Matsuwaki, Loyal Mehrhoff, Warren Wagner, Matthew Lucas, and Barbara Rowe

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1192/


Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2542

Geologic Map of the Red Bluff 30’ x 60’ Quadrangle, California

By M.C. Blake, Jr., D.S. Harwood, E.J. Helley, W.P. Irwin, A.S. Jayko, and D.L. Jones

(Database added October 19, 2012)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2542/

Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-E

Sandstone Copper Assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, Central Kazakhstan

By Stephen E. Box, Boris Syusyura, Timothy S. Hayes, Cliff D. Taylor, Michael L. Zientek, Murray W. Hitzman, Reimar Seltmann, Vladimir Chechetkin, Alla Dolgopolova, Pamela M. Cossette, and John C. Wallis

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/e/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5224

Simulation of Groundwater and Surface-Water Resources and Evaluation of Water-Management Alternatives for the Chamokane Creek Basin, Stevens County, Washington

By D. Matthew Ely and Sue C. Kahle

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5224/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5210

Record Extension for Selected Streams in the Susitna River Basin, Alaska

By Janet H. Curran

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5210/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5206

Analysis of the Herbicide Diuron, Three Diuron Degradates, and Six Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Water—Method Details and Application to Two Georgia Streams

By Michelle L. Hladik and Daniel L. Calhoun

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5206/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5203

Changes in Water Budgets and Sediment Yields from a Hypothetical Agricultural Field as a Function of Landscape and Management Characteristics—A Unit Field Modeling Approach

By Jason L. Roth and Paul D. Capel

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5203/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5201

Aquifer Test at Well SMW-1 near Moenkopi, Arizona

By Robert L. Carruth and Donald J. Bills

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5201/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5200

Suspended-Sediment Characteristics of the Johnson Creek Basin, Oregon, Water Years 2007–10?

By Adam J. Stonewall and Heather M. Bragg

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5200/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5199

Hydrogeology of the Mammoth Spring Groundwater Basin and Vicinity, Markagunt Plateau, Garfield, Iron, and Kane Counties, Utah

By Lawrence E. Spangler

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5199/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5197

Evaluation of the Relation between Evapotranspiration and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Downscaling the Simplified Surface Energy Balance Model

By Jonathan V. Haynes and Gabriel B. Senay

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5197/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5192

Spatial and Seasonal Variability of Base Flow in the Verde Valley, Central Arizona, 2007 and 2011

By Bradley D. Garner and Donald J. Bills

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5192/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5180

Characterization of Subsurface Geologic Structure for Potential Water Resources near the Villages of Moenkopi, Arizona, 2009–2010

By Jamie P. Macy

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5180/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5176-A

Volcano Hazards Assessment for the Lassen Region, Northern California

By Michael A. Clynne, Joel E. Robinson, Manuel Nathenson, and L.J. Patrick Muffler

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5176/a/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5176-B

Eruption Probabilities for the Lassen Volcanic Center and Regional Volcanism, Northern California, and Probabilities for Large Explosive Eruptions in the Cascade Range

By Manuel Nathenson, Michael A. Clynne, and L.J. Patrick Muffler

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5176/b/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5176-C

Lahar Hazard Zones for Eruption-Generated Lahars in the Lassen Volcanic Center, California

By Joel E. Robinson and Michael A. Clynne

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5176/c/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5068

Nitrate and Arsenic Concentrations in Basin-Fill Aquifers of the Southwestern United States

By David W. Anning, Angela P. Paul, Tim S. McKinney, Jena M. Huntington, Laura M. Bexfield, and Susan A. Thiros

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5068/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5048

Status of Groundwater Quality in the Coastal Los Angeles Basin, 2006: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

By Dara Goldrath, Miranda S. Fram, Michael Land, and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5048/


Scientific Investigations Map 3211

Geologic Map of the East Half of the Bellevue South 7.5’ x 15’ Quadrangle, Issaquah Area, King County, Washington

By Derek B. Booth, Timothy J. Walsh, Kathy Goetz Troost, and Scott A. Shimel

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3211/


Scientific Investigations Map 3197

Geologic Map of the MTM 85200 Quadrangle, Olympia Rup?s Region of Mars

By James A. Skinner, Jr., and Kenneth E. Herkenhoff

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3197/


Scientific Investigations Map 3178

Geologic Map of the Snegurochka Planitia Quadrangle (V–1), Venus

By Debra M. Hurwitz and James W. Head

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3178/


Scientific Investigations Map 3177

Geologic Map of the North Polar Region of Mars

By Kenneth L. Tanaka and Corey M. Fortezzo

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3177/


Scientific Investigations Map 3123

Geologic Map of the Cochetopa Park and North Pass Calderas, Northeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

By Peter W. Lipman
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Database for the Geologic Map of the Cochetopa Park and North Pass Calderas, Northeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

By Joel E. Robinson and Peter W. Lipman

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3123/


Professional Paper 1661-F

Turbidite Event History—Methods and Implications for Holocene Paleoseismicity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

By Chris Goldfinger, C. Hans Nelson, Ann E. Morey, Joel E. Johnson, Jason R. Patton, Eugene Karabanov, Julia GutiŽrrez-Pastor, Andrew T. Eriksson, Eulˆlia Grˆcia, Gita Dunhill, Randolph J. Enkin, Audrey Dallimore, and Tracy Vallier

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1661f/


Fact Sheet 2012-3104

Mauna Loa—History, Hazards, and Risk of Living With the World’s Largest Volcano

By Frank A. Trusdell

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3104/


Fact Sheet 2012-3096

Groundwater Quality in the Coastal Los Angeles Basin, California

By Miranda S. Fram and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3096/


Fact Sheet 2012-3001

Decision-Support Systems for Natural-Hazards and Land-Management Issues

By Laura Dinitz, William Forney, and Kristin Byrd

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3001/


Fact Sheet 2008-3089, version 1.1

Limestone—A Crucial and Versatile Industrial Mineral Commodity

By James D. Bliss, Timothy S. Hayes, and Greta J. Orris, 2008, revised August 2012

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3089/


Data Series 721

Atmospheric Deposition, Water-Quality, and Sediment Data for Selected Lakes in Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks, Washington, 2008–10

By Rich W. Sheibley, James R. Foreman, Patrick W. Moran, and Peter W. Swarzenski

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/721/


Data Series 716

High-Resolution Digital Elevation Dataset for Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity, Oregon, based on LiDAR Survey of August-September 2010 and Bathymetric Survey of July 2000

By Joel E. Robinson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/716/


Data Series 714

Water-Level Data for the Albuquerque Basin and Adjacent Areas, Central New Mexico, Period of Record Through September 30, 2011

By Joseph E. Beman

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/714/


Data Series 709–B

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Balkhab Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis and Laura E. Cagney

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/b/


Data Series 709–C

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Haji-Gak Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/c/


Data Series 698

Digital Spatial Data for Predicted Nitrate and Arsenic Concentrations in Basin-Fill Aquifers of the Southwest Principal Aquifers Study Area

By Tim S. McKinney and David W. Anning

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/698/


Data Series 697

Digital Spatial Data for Observed, Predicted, and Misclassification Errors for Observations in the Training Dataset for Nitrate and Arsenic Concentrations in Basin-Fill Aquifers in the Southwest Principal Aquifers Study Area

By Tim S. McKinney and David W. Anning

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/697/


Data Series 696

Groundwater Data for Selected Wells within the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin, California, 2003–8

By Dennis A. Clark, John A. Izbicki, Loren F. Metzger, Rhett R. Everett, Gregory A. Smith, David OÕLeary, Nicholas F. Teague, and Matthew K. Burgess

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/696/


Data Series 633, v. 1.1, 2011, revised 2012

A Geo-Referenced 3D Model of the Juan de Fuca Slab and Associated Seismicity

By J.L. Blair, P.A. McCrory, and D.H. Oppenheimer, U.S. Geological Survey, and F. Waldhauser, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/633/

Data Series 552

Seafloor Geology and Benthic Habitats, San Pedro Shelf, Southern California

By Florence L. Wong, Peter Dartnell, Brian D. Edwards, and Eleyne L. Phillips

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/552/


Techniques and Methods 5-C3

Methods of Analysis—Determination of Pesticides in Sediment Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

By Michelle L. Hladik and Megan M. McWayne

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm5c3/

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1913–A

Mineral Resource Potential Map of the South Sierra Wilderness and the South Sierra Roadless Area, Inyo and Tulare Counties, California

By Michael F. Diggles

http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1987/1913a/


Open-File Report 2012-1223

Summary of Bird Survey and Banding Results at W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, 1998–2008

By Joan Hagar

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1223/


Open-File Report 2012-1211

Ecological Context for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative

By Andrea Woodward, Audrey Taylor, and Anne Weekes

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1211/


Open-File Report 2012-1206

Evaluation of Simulations to Understand Effects of Groundwater Development and Artificial Recharge on Surface Water and Riparian Vegetation, Sierra Vista Subwatershed, Upper San Pedro Basin, Arizona

By Stanley A. Leake and Bruce Gungle

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1206/


Open-File Report 2012-1203

Biotic, Water-Quality, and Hydrologic Metrics Calculated for the Analysis of Temporal Trends in National Water Quality Assessment Program Data in the Western United States

By Stephen M. Wiele, Anne M.D. Brasher, Matthew P. Miller, Jason T. May, and Kurt D. Carpenter

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1203/


Open-File Report 2012-1200

Survival and Migration Route Probabilities of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta During the Winter of 2009–10

By Russell W. Perry, Jason G. Romine, and Scott J. Brewer, U.S. Geological Survey; Peter E. LaCivita, William N. Brostoff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Eric D. Chapman, University of California at Davis

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1200/


Open-File Report 2012-1199

Hydrological Information Products for the Off-Project Water Program of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement

By Daniel T. Snyder, John C. Risley, and Jonathan V. Haynes

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1199/


Open-File Report 2012-1193

Demographics and Run Timing of Adult Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and Shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2011

By David A. Hewitt, Eric C. Janney, Brian S. Hayes, and Alta C. Harris

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1193/


Open-File Report 2012-1187

Preliminary Assessment of Channel Stability and Bed-Material Transport in the Tillamook Bay Tributaries and Nehalem River Basin, Northwestern Oregon

By Krista L. Jones, Mackenzie K. Keith, Jim E. O’Connor, Joseph F. Mangano, and J. Rose Wallick

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1187/


Open-File Report 2012-1177

Publications of the Volcano Hazards Program 2010

By Manuel Nathenson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1177/


Open-File Report 2012-1166

Nearshore Morphology, Benthic Structure, Hydrodynamics, and Coastal Groundwater Discharge near Kahekili Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii

By Peter W. Swarzenski, Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Katherine Presto, Ann E. Gibbs, Christopher G. Smith, Natasha T. Dimova, Meghan L. Dailer, and Joshua B. Logan

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1166/


Open-File Report 2012-1049

Test Drilling and Data Collection in the Calaveras County Portion of the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin, California, December 2009–June 2011

By Loren F. Metzger, John A. Izbicki, and Joseph M. Nawikas

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1049/



Open-File Report 97–89

Volcano Hazards in the Mount Hood Region, Oregon

By W.E. Scott, T.C. Pierson, S.P. Schilling, J.E. Costa, C.A. Gardner, J.W. Vallance, and J.J. Major

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0089/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5169

Water-Quality Characteristics and Trends for Selected Sites At and Near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 1949–2009

By Roy C. Bartholomay, Linda C. Davis, Jason C. Fisher, Betty J. Tucker, and Flint A. Raben

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5169/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5157

Podiform Chromite Deposits—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models

By Dan L. Mosier, Donald A. Singer, Barry C. Moring, and John P. Galloway

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5157/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5153

Hydrology and Modeling of Flow Conditions at Bridge 339 and Mile 38–43, Copper River Highway, Alaska

By Timothy P. Brabets

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5153/


Data Series 709–A

Local-Area-Enhanced, 2.5-Meter Resolution Natural-Color and Color-Infrared Satellite-Image Mosaics of the Khanneshin Mineral District in Afghanistan

By Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney, Scott A. Arko, and Michelle L. Harbin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/709/a/


Data Series 707

Occurrence of Pesticides in Water and Sediment Collected from Amphibian Habitats Located Throughout the United States, 2009–2010

By Kelly L. Smalling, James L. Orlando, Daniel Calhoun, William A. Battaglin, and Kathryn M. Kuivila

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/707/


Scientific Investigations Map 3225

California State Waters Map Series—Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California

By Samuel Y. Johnson, Peter Dartnell, Guy R. Cochrane, Nadine E. Golden, Eleyne L. Phillips, Andrew C. Ritchie, Rikk G. Kvitek, H. Gary Greene, Lisa M. Krigsman, Charles A. Endris, Kevin B. Clahan, Ray W. Sliter, Florence L. Wong, Mary M. Yoklavich, and William R. Normark (Samuel Y. Johnson, editor)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/


Data Series 702

Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter—Outer Mainland Shelf, Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California

By Peter Dartnell, David P. Finlayson, Andrew C. Ritchie, Guy R. Cochrane, and Mercedes D. Erdey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/702/


Open-File Report 2012-1102

Groundwater, Surface-Water, and Water-Chemistry Data, Black Mesa Area, Northeastern Arizona—2010–2011

By Jamie P. Macy, Christopher R. Brown, and Jessica R. Anderson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1102/


Open-File Report 2012-1180

Preliminary Juvenile Lost River and Shortnose Sucker Investigations in Clear Lake, California: 2011 Pilot Study Summary

By Summer M. Burdick, U.S. Geological Survey, and Josh Rasmussen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1180/


Open-File Report 2012-1165

Near-Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals and a Benthic Community Near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California: 2011

By Jessica L. Dyke, Janet K. Thompson, Daniel J. Cain, Amy E. Kleckner, Francis Parchaso, Samuel N. Luoma, and Michelle I. Hornberger

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1165/


Open-File Report 2012-1142

Water-Quality Data from Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, 2009–10

By D. Blake Eldridge, Sara L. Caldwell Eldridge, Liam N. Schenk, Dwight Q. Tanner, and Tamara M. Wood

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1142/


Open-File Report 2012-1131

Fluorescent Tracer Experiment on Holiday Beach near Mugu Canyon, Southern California

By Nicole Kinsman, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and J.P. Xu, U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1131/


Open-File Report 2012-1115

Measurements of Seepage Losses and Gains, East Maui Irrigation Diversion System, Maui, Hawaiʻi

By Chui Ling Cheng

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1115/


Data Series 680

Geospatial Datasets for Watershed Delineation and Characterization Used in the Hawaii StreamStats Web Application

By Alan Rea and Kenneth D. Skinner

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/680/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5141

Estimates of Tracer-Based Piston-Flow Ages of Groundwater from Selected Sites: National Water-Quality Assessment Program, 2006–10?

By Stephanie D. Shapiro, L. Niel Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg, Peggy K. Widman, Gerolamo C. Casile, Julian E. Wayland, and Donna L. Runkle

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5141/


Open-File Report 2012-1065

A Multiple-Point Geostatistical Method for Characterizing Uncertainty of Subsurface Alluvial Units and Its Effects on Flow and Transport

By C. Cronkite-Ratcliff, G.A. Phelps, and A. Boucher

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1065/


Open-File Report 2012-1164

The Cedars Ultramafic Mass, Sonoma County, California

By M. Clark Blake, Jr., Edgar H. Bailey, and Carl M. Wentworth

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1164/


Open-File Report 2012-1161

Modeling of Depth to Base of Last Glacial Maximum and Seafloor Sediment Thickness for the California State Waters Map Series, Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California

By Florence L. Wong, Eleyne L. Phillips, Samuel Y. Johnson, and Ray W. Sliter

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1161/


Open-File Report 2012-1145

Waterbird Nest Monitoring Program in San Francisco Bay (2005–10)

By Josh T. Ackerman and Mark P. Herzog

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1145/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5133

Topographic Change Detection at Select Archeological Sites in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2007–2010

By Brian D. Collins, Skye C. Corbett, Helen C. Fairley, Diane Minasian, Robert Kayen, Timothy P. Dealy, and David R. Bedford

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5133/


Open-File Report 80-378

In-Situ Measurements of Seismic Velocity at 27 Locations in the Los Angeles, California Region

by James F. Gibbs, Thomas E. Fumal, and Edward F. Roth

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/0378/


Open-File Report 79-670

Interim Report on the St. Elias, Alaska Earthquake of 28 February 1979

by J.C. Lahr, George Plafker, C.D. Stephens, K.A. Folgleman, and M.E. Blakford

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/0670/


Open-File Report 68-315

Surface Seismic Measurements of Project GASBUGGY Explosion at Intermediate Distance Ranges

by David H. Warren and Wayne H. Jackson

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1968/0315/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5130

Development of Regional Skews for Selected Flood Durations for the Central Valley Region, California, Based on Data Through Water Year 2008

By Jonathan R. Lamontagne, Jery R. Stedinger, Charles Berenbrock, Andrea G. Veilleux, Justin C. Ferris, and Donna L. Knifong

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5130/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5123

Groundwater Quality in the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu Basaltic-Rock and Basin-Fill Aquifers in the Northwestern United States and Hawaii, 1992–2010

By Lonna M. Frans, Michael G. Rupert, Charles D. Hunt, Jr., and Kenneth D. Skinner

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5123/


Techniques and Methods 4-F3

TracerLPM (Version 1): An Excel Workbook® for Interpreting Groundwater Age Distributions from Environmental Tracer Data

By Bryant C. Jurgens, J.K. Böhlke, and Sandra M. Eberts

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/4-f3/

Fact Sheet 2012-3090

The U.S. Geological Survey Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative—2011 Annual Update

By M.J. Adams, E. Muths, E.H.C. Grant, D.A. Miller, J.H. Waddle, S.C. Walls, and L.C. Ball

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3090/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0009

Crustal Structure in the Western United States; Study of Seismic Propagation Paths and Regional Traveltimes in the California-Nevada Region

By J.C. Roller, W.H. Jackson, J.F. Cooper, and B.A. Martina

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0009/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0008

Structure of the Crust and Upper Mantle in the Western United States

By L.C. Pakiser

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0008/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0007

Seismic-Refraction Measurements of Crustal Structure Between Santa Monica Bay and Lake Mead

By John C. Roller and John H. Healy

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0007/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0006

Fish Kill from Underwater Explosions

By David J. Stuart

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0006/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0005

Crustal Structure along the Coast of California from Seismic-Refraction Measurements

By J.H. Healy

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0005/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 0004

Crustal Structure in Nevada and Southern Idaho from Nuclear Explosions

By L.C. Pakiser and D.P. Hill

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0004/


Fact Sheet 2012-3102

Potential for Technically Recoverable Unconventional Gas and Oil Resources in the Polish-Ukrainian Foredeep, Poland, 2012

By Donald L. Gautier, Janet K. Pitman, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy Cook, Timothy R. Klett, and Christopher J. Schenk

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3102/


Fact Sheet 2012-3094

Helping Safeguard Veterans Affairs’ Hospital Buildings by Advanced Earthquake Monitoring

By Erol Kalkan, Krishna Banga, Hasan S. Ulusoy, Jon Peter B. Fletcher, William S. Leith, and James L. Blair

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3094/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5119

Historical and Potential Groundwater Drawdown in the Bruneau Area, Owyhee County, Southwestern Idaho

By Candice B. Adkins and James R. Bartolino

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5119/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5100

Geohydrology of Big Bear Valley, California: Phase 1—Geologic Framework, Recharge, and Preliminary Assessment of the Source and Age of Groundwater

Edited By Lorraine E. Flint and Peter Martin With contributions by Justin Brandt, Allen H. Christensen, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Joseph A. Hevesi, Robert Jachens, Justin T. Kulongoski, Peter Martin, and Michelle Sneed

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5100/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5052

Status of Groundwater Quality in the Upper Santa Ana Watershed, November 2006–March 2007: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

By Robert Kent and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5052/


Scientific Investigations Map 3206

Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah 30’ x 60’Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, and Clark County, Nevada

By David M. Miller

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3206/


Open-File Report 2012-1139

Airborne Digital-Image Data for Monitoring the Colorado River Corridor below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, 2009—Image-Mosaic Production and Comparison with 2002 and 2005 Image Mosaics

By Philip A. Davis

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1139/


Open-File Report 2012-1138

Map Showing Extent of Glaciation in the Eagle Quadrangle, East-central Alaska

By Florence R. Weber and Frederic H. Wilson

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1138/


Open-File Report 2012-1141

Relative Abundance and Distribution of Fishes and Crayfish at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, 2010–11

ByG. Gary Scoppettone, Danielle M. Johnson, Mark E. Hereford, Peter Rissler, Mark Fabes, Antonio Salgado, and Sean Shea

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1141/


Open-File Report 2012-1133

Environmental Streamflow Assessment for the Santiam River Basin, Oregon

By John C. Risley, J. Rose Wallick, Joseph F. Mangano, and Krista L. Jones

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1133/


Open-File Report 2011-1044

Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Newberry Springs 30’ x 60’Quadrangle, California

By G.A. Phelps, D.R. Bedford, D.J. Lidke, D.M. Miller, and K.M. Schmidt

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1044/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 1

The Parkfield-Cholame, California, Earthquakes of JuneÐAugust, 1966: Instrumental Seismic Studies

By Jerry P. Eaton

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0001/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 2

Digital Processing of Array Seismic Recordings

By Alan Ryall and John Birtill

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0002/


Crustal Studies Technical Letter Number 3

Times and Locations of Explosions; U.S. Geological Survey 1962 Field Season

By John C. Roller

http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc/tl/0003/


Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5090

Analysis of Annual Dissolved-Solids Loading from Selected Natural and Irrigated Catchments in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1974–2003

By Terry A. Kenney, Steven J. Gerner, and Susan G. Buto

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5090/



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